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Metabolism Makeover: Ditch the Diet, Train Your Brain, Drop the Weight for Good by Megan Hansen, RDN

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Book Review

Title: Metabolism Makeover: Ditch the Diet, Train Your Brain, Drop the Weight for Good by Megan Hansen, RDN

Genre: Non-Fiction, Medical, Science

Rating: 4.25 Stars

The introduction of Metabolism Makeover simply sets out the goals of the book which aren’t to provide set meals and exercise plans like most self-help books but rather to help understanding of how our bodies work regarding food and the processing of food. If we understand this better than we can better met our body’s needs while also maintaining the ideal weight loss.

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Recent Study: Black and Green Tea Can Inactivate the COVID-19 Omicron Subvariants

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As COVID-19 mutates over time, variants and sub-variants different from the original SARS-CoV-2 virus emerge. A recent study, conducted in Japan, found that green tea (Japanese sencha), matcha, and black tea can effectively inactivate certain Omicron subvariants. In addition, saliva produced after consuming candy containing green tea or black tea exhibited virus-inactivating properties in vitro, rendering the virus less contagious.

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Attraction, Love, Sex: The Inside Story by Simon LeVay

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Book Review

Title: Attraction, Love, Sex: The Inside Story by Simon LeVay

Genre: Science, Psychology

Rating: 5 Stars

The opening to Attraction, Love, Sex was interesting as Simon LeVay in the opening chapter, questions why we even engage in sex in the first place and has a more complicated answer than you might expect.

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